Transcript of Bob Graham on CNN Inside Politics

[davidinalameda]

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0307/10/ip.00.html

SEN. BOB GRAHAM (D-FL), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Thank you, Candy.

CROWLEY: It's good to see you.

Look, I just want to ask you some the questions. Did the president lie
knowingly to the American people?

GRAHAM: There has been a pattern of deception throughout this
administration, Candy. It's not just limited to Iraq or national
security issue. It goes all the way back to the development of the
First Energy Policy where the public was largely shut out.

I think that the president selectively used intelligence in order to
validate a decision that he had already made rather than the purpose
of intelligence which is to inform the decision-maker so that they can
make a better judgment.

[barbaraann]

1. You tell 'em, Bob!

EVERYTHING THEY SAY IS A LIE OR A TRICK. I was wondering which elected Dem would be the first to say it and I never would have picked Bob Graham, but he has done it (unless I missed something by not having cable).

[Kahuna]

3. You've missed a lot from Graham. He accused the bushies of

a 9/11 coverup and excessive secrecy. Graham is in this race because he knows what an abominable pResident bush is. He is very disturbed.

[9215]

2. Whew! Colin from Candy Crowley......

COLIN POWELL, SECRETARY OF STATE: And if there's anybody who thinks that Saddam Hussein ever lost the intent to have such weapons, then I think that is the most naive view imaginable. And he had the chance to come clean to the international community. He did not take that chance. He did not take that opportunity. And the war followed.

This is not about "intent", Bush did not sell the story on INTENT Colin he sold the story on bullshit that Hussein had weapons and was getting uranium from Nigeria!!
And how do we determine whether Saddam "came clean"??????
We do it by seeing if he had weapons which is what the UN weapons inspectors were doing, and, as it turns out, were correct in their conclusions. Then Rumsfeld said that if the weapons cannot be found that Saddam must be hiding them, but failed to consider, or was loath to admit because he wanted a war no matter what, that maybe they weren't found because there were none:

THERE ARE NO WMD'S IN IRAQ COLIN!
BUSH AND YOU LIED AND PEOPLE DIED AND ARE CONTINUING TO DIE, YOU GODDAMN ASSKISSING UNCLE TOM!